The Erie Canal opens, the Pony Express closes, Wyatt Earp shoots it out in Tombstone, "Baby Fae" gets a baboon heart, and the Patriot Act is signed into law, all on this day.
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1946: Game show host Pat Sajak, who has hosted "Wheel of Fortune" since 1981, is born in Chicago.